Bishop Ireton Drops Season Opener to Bishop O’Connell
Bishop Ireton football coach Tony Verducci was pleased with how the Cardinals finished their game against Bishop O'Connell on Aug. 31.
City Officials Clash with Descendants of Long-Neglected Graves at Fort Ward
African-American burials may never be discovered as city prepares management plan.
Two years ago, city officials aimed a high-powered radar from California at the ground in various spots at Fort Ward.
On the Campaign Trail
Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell may not have received the vice presidential nomination, but he got a great consolation prize this week — a prime-time speaking slot this year at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Titans Demolish Wakefield in Season Opener
TC will host 2011 region runner-up Westfield on Sept. 8.
The T.C. Williams football team opened the 2012 season with a 73-0 victory against Wakefield.
West Potomac Extends Winning Streak Against Mount Vernon
Wolverines win with new head coach, quarterback, offense.
West Potomac beat Mount Vernon, 34-7, on Aug. 30.
South County Volleyball Drops Season Opener
Stallions fall to Yorktown in five despite Bruder’s 18 kills.
Trista Barnhart is in her second season as South County head volleyball coach.
Senior Trio Leads Woodson Volleyball
King, Dallman, Price hope to soften the loss of two all-state athletes.
The Woodson volleyball team defeated Chantilly, 3-1, on Sept. 4.
Centreville Edges Lake Braddock in Season-Opening Thriller
Wildcats score in final minute to beat Bruins, 28-27.
Centreville overcomes 13-point deficit to beat Lake Braddock.
O’Connell Football Wins First Game on New Turf Field
Knights, first-year head coach Smith beat Bishop Ireton.
The Bishop O'Connell football team opened the 2012 season with a victory against Bishop Ireton.
Rob Krupicka Wins Special Election In Landslide Victory
Councilman wins every precinct in special election for 45th District of House of Delegates.
Back in 2003, a former AOL executive named Rob Krupicka launched his campaign for Alexandria City Council at Fireflies — a popular Del Ray restaurant a stone’s throw from the Krupicka house on East Nelson Avenue.
Summer Training
summer training
School Notes: Sept. 5, 2012
School Notes
This Week in Potomac
What's going on in Potomac this week.
Entrepreneur Brian Rubin Inspires
Despite Asperger’s syndrome, Rubin creates award-winning business.
Brian Rubin of Potomac lives by the philosophy of Winston Churchill: “Never, never, never quit.”
‘Potomac Days at the Crossroads’ To Be Auctioned
Artist Carol Dyer creates historical vision of Offutt’s Crossroads.
Carol Dyer has created numerous paintings of life at the turn of the century in Annapolis, Washington D.C., Bethany Beach, Rehobeth and across the nation — and now she has produced “Potomac Days at the Crossroads” — painting her vision of what the River and Falls Roads intersection was like in a simpler time when it was named Offutt’s Crossroads and folks traveled by horse and buggy and bicycles built for two, three or even four.
Support ‘Walkabout Abilities’
Annual event benefits the Abilities Network.
The Abilities Network offers solutions to all these problems and more. The 6th annual “Walkabout Abilities” will be held on Sunday, Sept. 30 to raise funds for the contributions that the Abilities Network makes to families in the area and across the United States.
Week in Reston
The annual Tag Day fundraiser for the South Lakes High School Band is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 8. Tag Day is the band’s largest fundraiser and supplements funding provided by Fairfax County Public Schools. The band members will fan across the South Lakes Community, knocking on doors and asking for your donations.
Robot to Assist in Spine Surgeries
Renaissance™, Mazor Robotics’ surgical guidance system, is the latest addition to Reston Hospital Center’s Institute for Robotic and Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery. Reston Hospital Center is the first, and only, hospital in the Mid-Atlantic region to offer Renaissance guided spine surgeries.
Cooking on Labor Day
Cooking on Labor Day
Letter: Logical Step in Evolution of Reston
Bob Simon has more company than he may expect in supporting the 23-story office building at Bowman Drive and Reston Parkway ["Supporting 23-story Building," Reston Connection, Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2012]. I support this project as, in 1978, I did for the five-story building it will replace.